The Hangar Flight Museum, formerly known as the Aero Space Museum of Calgary, is a museum located south of Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Former name | Aero Space Museum of Calgary |
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| Established | 1975 |
| Location | Calgary, Alberta |
| Coordinates | 51°05′39″N 114°00′47″W / 51.094167°N 114.013056°W |
| Type | Aerospace museum |
| Director | Brian Desjardins |
| Website | thehangarmuseum |
History
editThe museum was founded in 1975 as the Aero Space Museum Association of Calgary by aviation enthusiasts and former World War II pilots. It built upon the history of an earlier private collection called the Air Museum of Canada. The museum moved to its current location in a former British Commonwealth Air Training Plan hangar in 1985.[1]
A renovation was carried out in 2016 that included replacing the roof and installing a new HVAC system. That same year, the museum changed its name to The Hangar Flight Museum.[2]
Following a seven-year restoration, the museum's Hawker Hurricane returned in 2019.[3] Earlier that year, it began restoring its CF-100.[4]
The museum's annex, a building used to store aircraft from its collection, had its fabric roof badly damaged in a windstorm in March 2023. This was the second time the building had been damaged by weather. The museum is engaged in fundraising to construct a new museum building.[5][6][7]
Exhibits
editThe museum has an exhibit Canadian space programs as well as an archives containing documents about aeronautics.[8][failed verification]
A central War memorial stone slab and four other memorial slabs were erected by the Aircrew Association (Southern Alberta Branch) and the Aero Space Museum Association of Calgary. The plaque name the commonwealth air forces who trained in Calgary as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during the Second World War: Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); Royal Air Force (RAF); Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF); Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). In front of the slabs, a gravel mural of a Canadian roundel was painted.[9]
The Aero Space Museum Association of Calgary erected a list of honour memorial dedicated to the Alberta Airmen who were killed in the Second World War.[10]
The museum is affiliated with CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.
Aircraft on display
editAirplanes
edit- AEA Silver Dart – replica[11]
- Aeronca 7AC Champion 7AC770[12]
- Avro Anson II Composite[13]
- Avro Lancaster X FM136[14]
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck IIID 18126[15]
- Barkley-Grow T8P-1 8[16]
- Beechcraft Expeditor 3NM Q/E 92-074[17]
- Canadian Car and Foundry Harvard IV 20273[18]
- Cessna 140 10825[19]
- Cessna Ag Wagon 0007[20]
- de Havilland Tiger Moth 3886[21]
- de Havilland Vampire F.3 17069[22]
- de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 2[23]
- Douglas DC-3 13448[24]
- Hawker Hurricane XII 5389[25]
- McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo 101021[26]
- North American F-86A Sabre 47-606[27]
- QAC Quickie Q2[28]
- Sopwith Triplane – replica[29]
- Taylorcraft Auster VII[30]
- Waco ECQ-6 4479[31]
Gliders
editHelicopters
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Museum History". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Civic Partner 2016 Annual Report Snapshot - Aerospace Museum Association of Calgary". eScribe. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ King, Michael (1 November 2019). "Restored Second World War aircraft returns to Calgary". Global News. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ Kaufmann, Bill (23 January 2019). "Museum gets city clearance for aircraft rescue mission". Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Global News (6 March 2023). "Winter weather leads to 'heartbreaking' damage at Calgary museum". globalnews.ca. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ Canadian Aviator (17 March 2023). "Calgary Aviation Museum Suffers Storm Damage". canadianaviator.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Kaufmann, Bill (20 October 2022). "'It's our time': Hangar Flight Museum proposes $60-million expansion". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Archives". Aero Space Museum. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "British Commonwealth Air Training Plan roundel: Calgary Aerospace Museum: Memorial 48004-001 Calgary, AB". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Alberta Airmen memorial (Second World War): Calgary Aerospace Museum: Memorial 48004-002 Calgary, AB". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "AEA Silver Dart". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Aeronca Champion". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "AVRO 652 ANSON MK. II". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "AVRO LANCASTER MK X". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "AVRO CANADA CF-100 CANUCK". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "BARKLEY GROW T8P-1". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "BEECHCRAFT D18S EXPEDITOR MK.3NM". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "NORTH AMERICAN HARVARD". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Cessna 140". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "CESSNA 188 AG WAGON". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "de Havilland D.H.82C Tiger Moth". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "DE HAVILLAND DH 100 VAMPIRE F MK. III". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "DE HAVILLAND CANADA DHC-6 TWIN OTTER". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "DOUGLAS DC-3 (C-47, R4D, DAKOTA)". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Hawker Hurricane 5389 Mk XII". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "MCDONNELL CF-101B VOODOO". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "NORTH AMERICAN F-86 SABRE". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Quickie Aircraft Corp. Quickie 2". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "SOPWITH TRIPLANE". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "TAYLORCRAFT AUSTER MK. VII". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "1936 Waco EQC-6 Custom Waco Cabin Series". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Cherokee II". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "SA 316/319B AÉROSPATIALE ALOUETTE III". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "BELL 47G". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "SIKORSKY S-51 DRAGONFLY (H-5)". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "SIKORSKY S-55 HORSE (H-19, H04S)". thehangarmuseum.ca. Canada: The Hangar Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.